The text of the Targum of Job
Subtitle: an introduction and critical edition
By: by David M. Stec.
Contributors: Stec, David M.
Series: Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums,; 20; Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums ;; Bd. 20.
Publisher: E.J. Brill
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Leiden; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
Subjects: Bible. O.T. Job. -- Criticism, Textual.
Description: The centrepiece of this book is a critical edition of the Targum of Job which notes all variants from a total of 14 manuscripts and 2 printed editions. In the introductory section the first two chapters give a description of the principal printed editions and the manuscripts. A chapter on 'The Stemma' considers how the various strands of textual tradition relate to each other.

There is also a chapter on 'Multiple Translation', a phenomenon particularly associated with the Targum of Job whereby more than one translation is often given to whole verses or to individual words and phrases. A final chapter describes in detail the methods underlying the critical edition. This book will provide a useful tool for those working on the textual criticism of the Old Testament and for those interested in the history of Jewish biblical exegesis
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [119]-120) and indexes.
English and Aramaic.
Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Manchester, 1989.